Best anchorages and harbours in France
3174 documented anchorages and harbours in France, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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841MouillageFrancePlage des Aresquiers
4.1Open roadstead anchorage off the Plage des Aresquiers, between Frontignan and Vic-la-Gardiole on the Occitanie coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
842MouillageFrancePointe de Locquirec
4.1Anchorage off the Locquirec headland on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, shelter from W to SE winds.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
843MouillageFrancePointe de Penkernéo
4.1Anchorage at the mouth of the Aven and Bélon rivers in southern Finistère, off Port-Manec'h on the Cornouaille coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 844PortLe Mée-sur-Seine, France
St Jacques
4.1River port of 25 berths on the Seine at Le Mée-sur-Seine, south of Melun in Seine-et-Marne, left bank.
845PortMarseille, FranceUNCD Marseille
4.1Union Nautique et Cercle des Dériveurs club basin inside the Vieux-Port of Marseille, 100 berths, max draught 2.4 m.
- 846MouillageFrance
Anse de Goërem
4.1Small cove on the west side of the Gâvres peninsula, in the Lorient roadstead, southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
847PortBanyuls-sur-mer, FranceBanyuls-sur-Mer
4.1Marina of 363 berths in the Banyuls bay, on the Côte Vermeille between the Pyrenees and the Spanish border, Occitanie.
- 848MouillageFrance
Beg an Fry
4.1Bay on the north Finistère coast between Locquirec and Primel-Trégastel, at the western end of the Baie de Lannion.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
849PortCollioure, FranceCollioure
4.1Catalan harbour on the Cote Vermeille, 30 km south of Perpignan, tucked between Cap Bear and the Pyrenees foothills.
- 850PortFumay, France
Fumay
4.1Municipal marina of 20 berths on the Meuse in the Ardennes, on a tight loop of the river at the old slate capital of Fumay.
- 851MouillageFrance
Golfe de Topidi
4.1Sandy anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, 3.1 NM north of Cargese in the Golfe de Sagone area.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
852MouillageFranceGrande Calanque
4.1Anchorage on the east side of Pomègues in the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
853MouillageFranceGrotta dei Vecchi Marinai
4.1Anchorage at the foot of the Revellata cliffs, west of Calvi, on the north-west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 854PortGustavia, St. Barthélemy
Port de Gustavia
4.1The harbour of Gustavia, capital of Saint-Barthélemy, with quay berths, a mooring and anchoring area in the outer harbour, and the island's port of entry.
855MouillageFranceLa Patache
4.1Sand anchorage off Pointe de la Patache, on the north-west tip of Île de Ré, at the outer entrance of the Fier d'Ars.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
- 856MouillageFrance
Le vasard de Beychevelle
4.1Mud bank anchorage on the Gironde estuary off Beychevelle, in the Médoc vineyards of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E
857MouillageFranceLes pierres hautes
4.1Anchorage on the south side of île Sainte-Marguerite, îles de Lérins off Cannes, sand bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
858MouillageFrancePlage de Nantois
4.1Sand-bottom anchorage off Plage de Nantois on the north coast of Brittany, between Le Val-André and Dahouët in the Baie de Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 859MouillageFrance
Plage de Péru
4.1Sand beach anchorage just north of Cargèse, 0.9 nm from the port.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 860PortDraveil, France
Port aux Cerises
4.1River marina on the Seine at Draveil, in Essonne, 25 km upstream from central Paris within the Port aux Cerises regional leisure area.
861PortGallician, FrancePort de Gallician
4.1Inland harbour of 38 berths on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, in the Camargue, commune of Vauvert.
- 862PortBiscarosse, France
Port Maguide
4.1Lakeside marina of 500 berths on the north shore of Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis, in the Landes.
863PortFrancePort Privé Marco Polo
4.1Private marina of 239 berths on the canals of Port Grimaud, on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez in Provence.
- 864MouillageFrance
Punta di Corbu
4.1Anchorage on the Agriates desert coast in northern Corsica, sand bottom, protected from NE through S.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 865PortMuids, France
Quai public de Muids
4.1Public river quay on the left bank of the Seine at Muids, in the Eure department, between Les Andelys and Pont-de-l'Arche.
866MouillageFranceRivedoux Plage
4.1Drying sand and mud anchorage off Rivedoux-Plage on the east coast of Île de Ré, at the foot of the Pont de l'Île de Ré.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
867PortSaint-Tropez, FranceSaint Tropez
4.1Marina of 734 berths on the south side of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, eastern Var coast.
- 868MouillageFrance
Sant' Amanza
4.1Wide bay on the south-east coast of Corsica, about 2,8 NM NE of Bonifacio, open to the south-east and indenting roughly 2 NM inland.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
869MouillageFranceAnse de Peyrefite
4.1Small cove on the Vermilion Coast between Banyuls and Cerbère, with 8 visitor buoys laid inside the Cerbère-Banyuls marine nature reserve.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 870MouillageFrance
Baie de la chapelle
4.1Anchorage on the east coast of Île-d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan, 5 berths on sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
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Opal Coast and Bay of Somme: Dunkirk to Saint-Valery, Stopover harbours of North Brittany, Saint-Malo to Brest, Emerald Coast anchorages, Saint-Malo to Cancale, Jersey, Guernsey and Sark from Saint-Malo, Pink granite coast and Bréhat: the anchorages, Saint-Brieuc bay: Saint-Quay to Paimpol, Brest roadstead and the Crozon peninsula: the anchorages, Ushant, Molène and Sein: the Iroise anchorages, The Abers: Aber-Wrac'h to Roscoff, Stopover harbours of South Brittany, Brest to the Vilaine, The Glénan: anchorages of the archipelago, The Odet to Concarneau: stopovers and anchorages, Douarnenez bay, Cap Sizun and Audierne, Belle-Île, Houat and Hoëdic: the best anchorages, Gulf of Morbihan: anchorages and stopovers, Quiberon bay and La Trinité: sheltered anchorages, Groix, Lorient and the rias: a weekend from Lorient, The D-Day beaches by sea, East Cotentin: Cherbourg, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast, Granville, Chausey and the west coast of the Cotentin, Alderney and Guernsey from Cherbourg, Côte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast: the stopovers, The tidal Seine, from Le Havre and Honfleur to Rouen, Atlantic stopover harbours, the Loire to the Gironde, Guérande peninsula: Piriac, Le Croisic and La Baule, Côte de Jade: Saint-Brevin to Pornic, Vendée: Pornic, Noirmoutier, Yeu and Les Sables, Île d'Yeu and Noirmoutier: the anchorages, Ré, Aix and Oléron: the Pertuis from La Rochelle, Île de Ré and the Pertuis Breton: tidal harbours and anchorages, Oléron, Marennes and the Seudre: oyster channels and gated basins, Gironde estuary: Royan to Pauillac, Garonne and Dordogne: Pauillac to Bordeaux and Libourne, Arcachon basin: the anchorages, Basque coast: Capbreton, Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Hendaye, Côte Vermeille: Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls, Sète, the Thau lagoon and the Camargue, Cap d'Agde to Port-Barcarès: lagoon harbours and fair-weather anchorages, Stopover harbours of the Gulf of Lion, Port-Vendres to Port-Camargue, Camargue, Gulf of Fos and the Étang de Berre: harbours and anchorages, Calanques, Marseille to Cassis: where you can still anchor, Frioul and Riou: the islands of Marseille, Côte Bleue: Carry, Sausset and Niolon, Cassis to Bandol via Île Verte, Îles d'Hyères: Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Levant, Gulf of Saint-Tropez, Pampelonne and the capes, Where to shelter from the mistral in the Var, Bandol to Giens: Sanary, Les Embiez and the Toulon roadstead, Corniche des Maures: Léoube to Cavalaire, beaches and anchorages, Stopover harbours of the Var, Bandol to Saint-Raphaël, Lérins islands and Cap d'Antibes: the anchorages, Villefranche to Menton: Cap Ferrat, Monaco and Menton, The Estérel: Théoule to Agay, anchorages of the red rocks, Stopover harbours of the Riviera, Saint-Raphaël to Menton, The most beautiful anchorages in Corsica, Bonifacio, Lavezzi and the far south, Agriates and Cap Corse: Saint-Florent to Macinaggio, West coast: Calvi, Scandola, Girolata and Ajaccio, Porto-Vecchio, Pinarello and the east coast, Gulf of Ajaccio: Sanguinaires islands to Capo di Muro, Gulf of Valinco: Propriano, Campomoro and the coast to Roccapina, Balagne: L'Île-Rousse to Calvi and Galéria, Round Corsica in twelve harbours, South Martinique: Le Marin, Sainte-Anne and Les Salines, Fort-de-France bay, Trois-Îlets and the Anses d'Arlet, Saint-Pierre and Martinique's north Caribbean coast, Martinique's Atlantic coast: islets and white sand shallows, Guadeloupe's leeward coast: Deshaies, Pigeon and Bouillante, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante anchorages, Grande-Terre, Petite-Terre and La Désirade: Pointe-à-Pitre to Saint-François, Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin: the lagoon islets, Saint-Martin and St. Barts: anchorages and marine reserves, The Seine from Paris to Rouen: halts and locks, Upper Seine and the Loing: Paris to Moret-sur-Loing, The Saône and the Seille, Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Mâcon, Canal du Midi stops, Toulouse to Béziers, Marne-Rhine canal: across the Vosges to Strasbourg, Lake Geneva, French shore: Yvoire to Meillerie, Lakes Annecy and Bourget: the harbours.